JPH0733201B2 - Banknote handling device stacking mechanism - Google Patents

Description

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a stacking mechanism of a banknote handling device, and more particularly, to smoothly and completely insert a folded banknote into a stack of vanes of a stacking vehicle. , A stacking mechanism of a banknote handling device that achieves good stacking of banknotes.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, banknotes that are sequentially conveyed are inserted between the blades of a stacking vehicle, and the banknotes inserted between the blades are scraped out between the blades as the stacking vehicle rotates and are stacked in a banknote stacking unit. A banknote stacking device configured as described above is known. As this type of device, a "paper sheet stacking device" (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 62-171861) has been previously proposed. In this apparatus, since the conveyed bills are forcibly pushed between the blades of the stacking vehicle, a bill feeding belt that is wound around a pair of pulleys is arranged near the stacking vehicle.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] By the way, the conventional banknote stacking apparatus as described above has the following problems. By the bill feeding belt, bills with folds such as four folds and eight folds are pushed on the bill face during the operation of pushing the bills along the short side of the bill into the blades of the stacking vehicle. There was a case where the bill was newly folded in the long side direction. When such a fold occurs, this causes resistance to the bill, so that the leading end of the bill cannot be smoothly and completely inserted into the space between the blades, and as a result, causes the bill stacking failure in the bill stacking unit. There was a problem that became.

The present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, and by smoothly and completely inserting the folded bills in circulation between the blades of the stacking vehicle, it is possible to prevent stacking failures and improve the counting accuracy. The purpose is to provide an accumulation mechanism of.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, in the present invention, after inserting a bill conveyed by a conveyor belt between blades of a stacking vehicle provided at an end of the conveyor belt, In the stacking mechanism of the banknote handling apparatus configured to scrape out banknotes between the blades and stack them in the banknote stacking unit, two sets of the stacking cars are provided in parallel with each other at a central position of the banknote transport path, and the transport belt is a stacker. It is composed of one set of central conveyor belts arranged between the cars and two sets of lateral conveyor belts respectively arranged on the outside of the stacking cars. Inside the belt surface of each of the lateral conveyor belts. And at a position where it abuts the belt surface, a first pressing roller that presses each end portion of the conveyed banknote via the lateral conveying belt is provided, and at a position facing each of the first pressing rollers, , A second pushing roller is provided which holds each end portion of the conveyed bills between the first pushing roller and the side conveying belt via the lateral conveying belt and pushes the conveyed bills between the blades of the stacking vehicle. Characterize.

[Operation] In the stacking mechanism of the banknote handling apparatus according to the present invention, the transport belt includes a pair of central transport belts arranged between the stacking vehicles,
It is composed of two sets of lateral conveyor belts, each of which is arranged on the outer side of the stacking vehicle. First pressing each end of the conveyed bills
Pushing rollers are provided, and at the positions facing the first pushing rollers, the respective end portions of the conveyed bills are respectively sandwiched between the first pushing rollers and the side conveying belts, and the conveyed bills are held. Since the second pushing roller for pushing between the blades of the stacking vehicle is provided, both ends of the bill to be conveyed are sandwiched by the first pushing roller and the second pushing roller, and the bill is conveyed with appropriate tension. It is possible to insert banknotes between the blades of the stacking car, and even if the banknotes to be conveyed are foldable circulation tickets, the banknotes can be completely inserted between the blades of the stacking car. Therefore, it becomes possible to orderly stack the transported banknotes in the banknote stacking unit.

[Embodiment] An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1, FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 are views showing a stacking mechanism of the banknote handling apparatus of this embodiment. In the drawings, reference numerals 1 and 2 are stacking vehicles, and the banknote short side direction is set by a transport mechanism described later. Banknotes fed in the transport direction are stacked in a banknote stacking unit (not shown). These integrated vehicles 1 and 2 have a shaft 3
Are arranged side by side at a predetermined interval in the axial direction, and are rotatable about the shaft 3 in the counterclockwise direction in FIG.

The stacking wheel 1 is composed of a disc 4 and a large number of blades 5, 5, ... Planted at predetermined intervals in the circumferential direction of the periphery of the disc 4. These blades 5, 5, ... Are bent in a direction opposite to the rotation direction of the disc 4 and are formed in a curved shape so as to be gradually separated from the outer peripheral surface of the disc 4.
Further, each of the blades 5, 5, ... Has a gap between adjacent blades so that the banknote S can be inserted, and the disc 4
On the other hand, they are arranged in a substantially spiral shape as a whole.

The stacking wheel 2 has the same structure as the stacking wheel 1, and includes a disk 6 and a large number of blades 7, 7 ... Planted at predetermined intervals in the circumferential direction of the peripheral edge of the disk 6. It consists of

In this case, the integrated vehicle 1 and the integrated vehicle 2 have the blades 5 and 5 respectively.
The tip of each of the blades and the tips of the blades 7, 7 are attached and fixed to the shaft 3 in a state of being aligned in a direction parallel to the axial direction of the shaft 3. As a result, when the integrated vehicles 1 and 2 rotate, the blades 5, 5 ... And the blades 7, 7 ...
The discs 4 and 6 rotate together with the discs 4 and 6 aligned in a direction parallel to the axial direction of.

A transport mechanism 8 is disposed from above the stacking vehicles 1 and 2 to the rear side in the rotation direction of the stacking vehicles 1 and 2 (right side in FIG. 3). The transport mechanism 8 includes a right side transport belt 9 disposed on the side of the banknote taking-in side of the stacking vehicle 1 and a left side transport belt 10 disposed on the side of the banknote taking-in side of the stacking vehicle 2.
And a central conveyor belt 11 disposed between the right conveyor belt 9 and the left conveyor belt 10.

The right side conveyor belt 9 is an endless belt wound between a terminal roller 13 attached to a shaft 12 and a starting roller (not shown). Below the right side conveyor belt 9,
A conveyor belt 14 for sandwiching and conveying one side portion in the long side direction of the bill surface together with the right conveyor belt 9 is arranged. Further, a tension roller 15 is rotatably disposed inside the belt surface of the right side transport belt 9 and on the side of the banknote take-in side of the stacking vehicle 1. In FIG. 3, it is pressed downward.

Further, at a position below the tension roller 15 and in contact with the belt surface of the right side conveyor belt 9, a rubber roller 16 is provided.
Is provided.

The left side conveyor belt 10 is an endless belt wound between an end roller 17 attached to the shaft 12 and a start end roller (not shown) attached to an attachment shaft of a start end roller of the right side conveyor belt 9. It is said that. Left conveyor belt
Below 10 is a conveyor belt for sandwiching and conveying the other side portion in the long side direction of the bill surface together with the left conveyor belt 10.
18 are arranged. Further, a tension roller 19 is rotatably arranged inside the belt surface of the left side conveyor belt 10 and on the side of the banknote taking-in side of the stacking vehicle 2.
The belt surface of the left side conveyor belt 10 is pressed downward in FIG.

Further, the rubber roller 20 is provided below the tension roller 19 and at a position contacting the belt surface of the left side conveyor belt 10.
Is provided.

The central conveyor belt 11 is an endless belt wound between a terminal roller 21 attached to the shaft 12 and a starting roller (not shown). Below the central conveyor belt 11, a conveyor belt 22 for sandwiching and conveying the central portion in the long side direction of the bill surface with the central conveyor belt 11 is arranged.

Then, the right side conveyor belt 9 that constitutes the conveyor mechanism 8,
The left side conveyor belt 10 and the central conveyor belt 11 cooperate with the conveyor belts 14, 18 and 22 to convey the banknotes S sequentially fed out one by one in the banknote short side direction to the left in FIG. The sheets are conveyed in the direction, and are inserted one by one between the blades 5 and 5 of the stacking vehicle 1 and between the blades 7 and 7 of the stacking vehicle 2.

Further, the tension roller 15 and the tension roller 19
Via the right-hand side transport belt 9 and the left-hand side transport belt 10 in cooperation with the rubber roller 16 and the rubber roller 20, and the transport mechanism 8
By sandwiching the banknote surfaces on both sides in the long side direction of the banknote S conveyed by, the banknote S can be stretched in the long side direction of the banknote surface and smoothly fed in the arrangement direction of the stacking vehicles 1, 2. Is able to. Then, the back side of the banknote surface is pushed up by the curved surfaces of the blades 5 and the blades 7 of the stacking wheels 1 and 2, which rotate, so that the long-side end of the banknote S is located between the blades 5 and 5 of the stacking vehicle 1 and the stacking portion. The blades 7 of the vehicle 2 are completely inserted between the blades 7.

On the other hand, the integrated wheels 1 and 2 have blades 5, 5 and blades 7,
The banknotes S inserted between 7 are rotated while being sandwiched, and after a predetermined rotation, banknotes inserted between the blades are scraped out and stacked in the banknote stacking unit in a stacked state.

Next, the operation of this embodiment having the above configuration will be described.

The banknotes S sequentially fed out one by one are nipped by the right side conveyor belt 9, the left side conveyor belt 10, the central conveyor belt 11 and the conveyor belts 14, 18, 22 which constitute the conveyor mechanism 8, and the stacking vehicle 1, 2 is conveyed in the arrangement direction. At this time, the banknotes S being conveyed are clamped at their banknote surfaces on both sides in the long side direction by the tension rollers 15 and 19 and the rubber rollers 16 and 20, and are fed toward the stacking cars 1 and 2. The banknote S sent in is pushed up by the curved surfaces of the blades 5 and 7 of the stacking cars 1 and 2, and the tip of the banknote S is inserted between the blades 5 and 5 and between the blades 7 and 7. It

Therefore, for example, even when a banknote S with a fold, such as a four-fold or eight-fold, is conveyed, the banknote surfaces on both sides in the long side direction of the banknote S have tension rollers 15, 19 and a rubber roller 16, By being sandwiched by 20, the banknote can be stretched in the direction of the long side of the banknote, so that the banknote tip portion is completely inserted into the space between the blades of the stacking cars 1 and 2. As a result, it is possible to prevent the problem that a new fold is generated in the long side direction of the banknote as in the conventional case, and the banknote S can be smoothly and completely inserted between the blades of the stacking cars 1 and 2. The banknotes S scraped out from the stacking cars 1 and 2 can be stacked orderly in the banknote stacking unit.

[Effects of the Invention] As described in detail above, in the stacking mechanism of the banknote handling apparatus according to the present invention, the conveyor belts are arranged in a pair of central conveyor belts arranged between the stacking vehicles and outside the stacking vehicles. End of the banknotes conveyed through the lateral conveyor belt at a position inside the belt surface of each of the lateral conveyor belts and in contact with the belt surface. A first pushing roller for pressing each of the bills, and further, at a position facing the first pushing roller, sandwiching each end portion of the conveyed banknotes via the lateral conveying belt between the first pushing roller and the first pushing roller. Since the second pushing roller for pushing the conveyed bills between the blades of the stacking vehicle is provided, both ends of the conveyed bills are sandwiched by the first pushing roller and the second pushing roller to give an appropriate tension. Collect the banknotes It becomes possible to insert between the blades of the stacking car, whereby even when the conveyed banknotes are circulation tickets with folds, the conveyed banknotes can be completely inserted between the blades of the stacking car, It becomes possible to collect the conveyed banknotes in the banknote stacking section in an orderly manner.

Further, in the stacking mechanism of the banknote handling apparatus of the present invention, both ends of the transported banknote are nipped by the first pushing roller and the second pushing roller, and the transported banknote of the stacking vehicle is appropriately tensioned in the stacking vehicle. It is designed to be inserted between the blades, and the particular cylinder of the conveyed bill (near the blades of the stacking vehicle) is not particularly tensioned. It is possible to prevent the banknotes from being torn, and it is possible to stably perform the stacking operation of the banknotes.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing the structure of a stacking mechanism of a bill handling apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a II- line in FIG.
A plan view taken along line II and FIG. 3 are right side views in FIG. 1,2 ... Accumulated vehicle, 4 ... Disc, 5 ... Blade, 6 ... Disc, 7 ... Blade, 8 ... Transport mechanism, 9 ... Right transport belt (side transport belt), 10 ...... Left side conveyor belt (side conveyor belt), 11 …… Central conveyor belt, 15 …… Tension roller (first pressing roller), 16 …… Rubber roller (second pressing roller), 19 …… Tension roller (first) Push roller), 20 ... Rubber roller (second push roller).

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A banknote conveyed by a conveyor belt is inserted between the blades of a stacking wheel provided at the end of the conveyor belt, and the banknotes between the blades are scraped out to be stacked in a banknote stacking section. In the stacking mechanism of the banknote handling device, two sets of the stacking cars are provided so as to be arranged in parallel at a central position of the banknote transport path, and the transport belt is a set of central transport belts arranged between the stacking cars, and these stacking belts. It is composed of two sets of lateral conveyor belts respectively arranged on the outside of the vehicle, and the lateral conveyor belts are located inside the belt surfaces of these lateral conveyor belts and in contact with the belt surfaces. First pushing rollers for pressing the respective end portions of the conveyed bills are provided respectively via the side conveying belts between the first pushing rollers and the first pushing rollers. Each end of the transport bill A stacking mechanism for a banknote handling apparatus, comprising: a second pressing roller that holds the banknotes between the blades of the stacking vehicle by sandwiching the respective sections.